A journey to a better health in 2017

I was accompanying my friend to a drugstore to buy medicines on the 2nd of January, 2017. The drugstore had a free blood pressure check-up and my friend had his blood pressure taken. The Lord impressed in my heart that I should have mine taken, too, even if I was not feeling anything ill. Lo and behold, the reading on the blood pressure monitor showed 140/100! My friend became alarmed and told me that it’s high!

“Are you sure you don’t feel anything not normal, like a headache or anything?” I told him, no. Nothing. He said, my blood pressure was not okay and I should have myself checked by a doctor.

The next day, he accompanied me to a clinic to have myself checked. The doctor advised me to go through different procedures – blood works, liver ultrasound, and something for the heart (wherein the technician placed a blood pressure monitor and it must stay attached to my left arm for 24 hours). I will get the results for all procedures tomorrow, the 5th of January, 2017.

In the meantime, the Lord gave me the wisdom to change my diet. I am now into a diet more on fruits and vegetables and I try to sleep early now. I am also eliminating the very thing I love taking in the morning and once I get to the office – Coffee! No sodas and iced teas, too.

My close friends who were aware of what happened to me also suggested that we start walking because that is good for my heart. I believe that is going to be fun!

I closed the year 2016 without inking a single New Year’s Resolution not knowing I would begin the year 2017 with one – to take good care of my health!

I’ll keep you, my reader, posted on this journey of mine to a better me in 2017 and hope that you get a thing or two from it.

1 Corinthians 6:19 says, “Don’t you realize that your body is the temple of the Holy Spirit, who lives in you and was given to you by God? You do not belong to yourself.” I believe it’s high time for us to take good care of our health and our body.

3 thoughts on “A journey to a better health in 2017”

Shalom Sir,Good to read this interesting testimony from you, sometimes, pressure from work,family stress and environment changes deteriorate our body and being caught in the flow of life, we forget to take care of ourselves.Thanks to this testimony I will reduce my rate of consumption of sodas and coffe, and exercise more, Have a great day